Reading List

This is a list of recommended books and papers on lean that are a good starting point to understand the subject, and develop personal knowledge.

Overview

What Is Lean Construction – 1999
by Gregory A. Howell (1999) Proceedings Seventh Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-7, Berkeley, CA, July 26-28, pp. 1-10.

What Kind of Production Is Construction?
by Glenn Ballard and Greg Howell (1998) Proceedings Sixth Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6, Guaruja, Brazil, August 13-15.

Report on a Lean Projectby Michael Pappas (1999) extracted from Evaluating Innovative Construction Management Methods through the Assessment of Intermediate Impacts, thesis for a “Master of Science in Engineering”, University of Texas at Austin, 1999. A complete report is available through The Department of Architectural and Civil Engineering – ECJ 5.200, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78731.

PARC: A Case Study
by Glenn Ballard, Gregory Howell, and Michael Casten (1996) Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Birmingham, England.